Welcome to my page! I view my entrance into the Tier I program as another step on my journey through life. It's an interesting journey -- growing up in Southern California. Marrying and raising a family. Serving My Joy and Loving Life with Her, my Kathy. Singing with 3 other guys (I'm the 'kid' in the group) and a chorus of others in the a capella style known as BarberShop Harmony. Teaching, a first bastion of engagement with a larger world, where it's at, right then -- seeking to provide a place in it for each child. Nothing is more satisfying than waking up and knowing each day will have worth and value if I look.
Reflections
• Tech pieces seem to be so quick paced, partly because I get hooked on wanting to explore and so much is so new.
• Pacing, pacing, pacing ... the goal will be to engage often with deliberation.
• This feels like I'm having to speed up mentally, not much chance for a good "mull".
• Am concerned about the unknowns -- resources that I need to pick up or locate.
• Having an opportunity to remain sane, I look forward to that.
• What are the district restrictions?
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Powerpoint is Evil? Tufte's final point: respect the audience. The relationship with his summation to the observations -- which could also be made of the automobile with all of the side-effects it brings to life -- seems a bit incoherent. "Slideware may help speakers outline their talks, but convenience for the speaker can be punishing to both content and audience." MAY? Yes, MAY NOT also.
It is hard to know exactly what he would like to have in its place. He states "Presentations largely stand or fall on the quality, relevance, and integrity of the content ... At a minimum, a presentation format should do no harm." His contention that in a business setting 80 words compared to 10-20 in the elementary setting makes me believe he hasn't spent much time in a standard school system -- either understanding the limited availability that students have to a computer (thereby reducing what they have time to create) and other resources so that a school simply "closed down on those days and everyone went to the Exploratorium or wrote an illustrated essay explaining something." Something? (What was the purpose in reading this article?) While that may be a lofty ideal, vague seems to be in full form here for me. So he is not saying all PP is actually evil -- but he knows how to create attention. Of course, you can go to his site and find items for sale that will make a person's use of PP more acceptable to Tufte which is hard to assess unless he actually opens up his agenda.
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Powerpoint has purpose. Garr Reynolds has a different take on presentation affect -- which is directly influenced according to how one is prepared to use the technology. I think he would agree with Tufte on all his points, but Reynolds goes on to explain some needed "... what to haves..." within a presentation as well. The site is a resource for "How to" with helpful links to sites for quotes and pictures. I found his site helpful -- the practicality piece is huge.
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Reflection on the Courage to Teach
Courage to Teach Reflection
“The Courage to Teach” as a title sounded like a script for a Hollywood tearjerker: the brave teacher going into the classroom with unruly students day-in and day-out and making a difference. What a surprise to find such a confirming piece on the inner-life of a person. A better title might have been “The Courage to Engage Students” for this article. In a world of NCLB the work of education is often limited or equated to the bottom line: student scores on a standardized test. In the midst of this come the great teachers – fully engaged with themselves and students. As a leader the cues for being engaged internally and in the open rest upon my shoulders. Modeling the frailties and beauty of the inner-self, allowing the staff to see the person within and knowing through experience that this can safely be replicated.
For me, the idea of teaching within the identity and integrity of the person is key. I don’t think there is anything as memorable as a teacher who is fully into their life in the face of students. Those teachers who hooked me within the curriculum also offered snapshots into their inner-lives, which seemed in elementary school was limited to the never ending quest to learn the teacher’s first name. Later, I learned some of their personal tastes in hobbies, music, recreation, … and reciprocated, serving to bring me a higher sense of valuing this person in front. They were real! The connection was exhilarating. The desire to join them in the quest to make me more proficient with a subject matter became paramount. All from just feeling seen as a person and seeing the instructor as a person.
To create this culture where teachers feel safe in developing as persons and teachers begins with me. To have an idea on how to find solutions to questions or to state that I don’t even know what questions to ask as I launch into my career will always be fruitful. My experience thus far seems to be that there are two types of people with regard to this integration of inner being with outward expression. The first type is engaged in these ways already and/or looking for a place that gives them the freedom to engage. The other person is the one who views the inner workings as unnecessary and outside the realm of the profession. So the choice has to me made to go with those who see developing as ongoing.
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Every single soldier must know, before he goes into battle,
how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture,
and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole. Field-Marshall Montgomery
. . . research strongly indicates that when people publicly espouse a particular point of view, they become much more likely to behave consistent with that point of view even if they did not previously hold that point of view. Jim Collins: Built to Last
Welcome to my page! I view my entrance into the Tier I program as another step on my journey through life. It's an interesting journey -- growing up in Southern California. Marrying and raising a family. Serving My Joy and Loving Life with Her, my Kathy. Singing with 3 other guys (I'm the 'kid' in the group) and a chorus of others in the a capella style known as BarberShop Harmony. Teaching, a first bastion of engagement with a larger world, where it's at, right then -- seeking to provide a place in it for each child. Nothing is more satisfying than waking up and knowing each day will have worth and value if I look.
Reflections
• Tech pieces seem to be so quick paced, partly because I get hooked on wanting to explore and so much is so new.
• Pacing, pacing, pacing ... the goal will be to engage often with deliberation.
• This feels like I'm having to speed up mentally, not much chance for a good "mull".
• Am concerned about the unknowns -- resources that I need to pick up or locate.
• Having an opportunity to remain sane, I look forward to that.
• What are the district restrictions?
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Powerpoint is Evil? Tufte's final point: respect the audience. The relationship with his summation to the observations -- which could also be made of the automobile with all of the side-effects it brings to life -- seems a bit incoherent. "Slideware may help speakers outline their talks, but convenience for the speaker can be punishing to both content and audience." MAY? Yes, MAY NOT also.
It is hard to know exactly what he would like to have in its place. He states "Presentations largely stand or fall on the quality, relevance, and integrity of the content ... At a minimum, a presentation format should do no harm." His contention that in a business setting 80 words compared to 10-20 in the elementary setting makes me believe he hasn't spent much time in a standard school system -- either understanding the limited availability that students have to a computer (thereby reducing what they have time to create) and other resources so that a school simply "closed down on those days and everyone went to the Exploratorium or wrote an illustrated essay explaining something." Something? (What was the purpose in reading this article?) While that may be a lofty ideal, vague seems to be in full form here for me. So he is not saying all PP is actually evil -- but he knows how to create attention. Of course, you can go to his site and find items for sale that will make a person's use of PP more acceptable to Tufte which is hard to assess unless he actually opens up his agenda.
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Powerpoint has purpose. Garr Reynolds has a different take on presentation affect -- which is directly influenced according to how one is prepared to use the technology. I think he would agree with Tufte on all his points, but Reynolds goes on to explain some needed "... what to haves..." within a presentation as well. The site is a resource for "How to" with helpful links to sites for quotes and pictures. I found his site helpful -- the practicality piece is huge.
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Reflection on the Courage to Teach
Courage to Teach Reflection
“The Courage to Teach” as a title sounded like a script for a Hollywood tearjerker: the brave teacher going into the classroom with unruly students day-in and day-out and making a difference. What a surprise to find such a confirming piece on the inner-life of a person. A better title might have been “The Courage to Engage Students” for this article. In a world of NCLB the work of education is often limited or equated to the bottom line: student scores on a standardized test. In the midst of this come the great teachers – fully engaged with themselves and students. As a leader the cues for being engaged internally and in the open rest upon my shoulders. Modeling the frailties and beauty of the inner-self, allowing the staff to see the person within and knowing through experience that this can safely be replicated.
For me, the idea of teaching within the identity and integrity of the person is key. I don’t think there is anything as memorable as a teacher who is fully into their life in the face of students. Those teachers who hooked me within the curriculum also offered snapshots into their inner-lives, which seemed in elementary school was limited to the never ending quest to learn the teacher’s first name. Later, I learned some of their personal tastes in hobbies, music, recreation, … and reciprocated, serving to bring me a higher sense of valuing this person in front. They were real! The connection was exhilarating. The desire to join them in the quest to make me more proficient with a subject matter became paramount. All from just feeling seen as a person and seeing the instructor as a person.
To create this culture where teachers feel safe in developing as persons and teachers begins with me. To have an idea on how to find solutions to questions or to state that I don’t even know what questions to ask as I launch into my career will always be fruitful. My experience thus far seems to be that there are two types of people with regard to this integration of inner being with outward expression. The first type is engaged in these ways already and/or looking for a place that gives them the freedom to engage. The other person is the one who views the inner workings as unnecessary and outside the realm of the profession. So the choice has to me made to go with those who see developing as ongoing.
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Personal Vision Statement
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Backward Planning
http://tier1.ocde.us/Bulletin_Board.htm
http://leadership.ocde.us/Home_1731.htm
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Every single soldier must know, before he goes into battle,
how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture,
and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.
Field-Marshall Montgomery
. . . research strongly indicates that when people publicly espouse a particular point of view, they become much more likely to behave consistent with that point of view even if they did not previously hold that point of view.
Jim Collins: Built to Last
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